Background: Tuberculosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa, especially Ghana. Despite the current treatments for tuberculosis, positive treatment outcomes are not attainable due to the differences in the socio-economic and bio-psychological status of the patients. The present study aimed to assess the influential factors in the treatment outcomes of tuberculosis. Methods: T...

methamphetamine (ma) is a potent, addictive psychostimulant that has dramatic effects on the central nervous system (cns). the onset of methamphetamine use has been linked to heightened attention, and chronic methamphetamine use has been associated with deficits in different aspects of attention that can significantly persist into abstinence. attention deficits in chronic methamphetamine users ...

numerous techniques are used for treatment of tempromandibular disorder (tmd). two aims should be considered when managing patients with tmd.a) pain reduction, feeling of improvement, prevention of untoward sequel of tmd.b) complete cure and enabling the patients to continue a normal life as much as possible. for an exact and successful treatment the following certain rules should be followed:1...

background: floating knee, referred to as ipsilateral fractures of the femur and tibia, is usually associated with several complications and mortality. this study was designed to present our experience with treatment of this injury throughout; age, sex, mechanism of injury, associated injuries, method and results of treatment, and complications of floating knee are discussed. materials and meth...

to determine the clinical features and treatment outcomes of infant with immune thrombo-cytopenic purpura (itp). retrospective analysis of 96 infant itp patients treated from 1995 to 2005. the data abstracted comprised age, gender, clinical features, and treatment outcomes. the 56 male and 40 female infants had a median age of 3 months. eighty presented with purpura, sixteen with active mucosal...

the aim of current study was to determine women´s maternal asthma in pregnancy, delivery and birthl outcomes. using a retrospective cohort design, data of 580 pregnant women were gathered form a large teaching hospital in tehran, iran. the medical records of pregnant women who had attended this hospital between 2009 and 2011 were assessed. data of delivery and birth outcomes were gathered by ob...

Objective: In recent years, various treatment programs have been implemented in Iran aimed at rehabilitation and improvement of drug-dependent patients but so far, few studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of different treatment programs in terms of different outcomes. This study was conducted to determine the differences among patients participating in three therapeutic programs, ou...